Flu Season Soup Innoculate a loved one Contributed By J. Wiggins

Ingredients:

• a big chicken
• a big onion
• a big head of garlic
• carrots
• celery
• rice (we like Basmati)
• 1 small box or 1/2 package fancy mixed frozen vegetables
• seasonings to your taste, especially rosemary
• 1 loaf toasted garlic bread, cut into croutons

Break the garlic into cloves and peel them. Break up large pieces of celery, carrot, a quartered onion, and surround chicken with garlic and veggies.

Sprinkle some more seasonings over all: poultry seasoning and rosemary, or I like to do the Simon and Grafunkel thing: fresh paresly, sage, rosemary and thyme if I have them. Just be sure to use rosemary in some shape or form.

Now! Bring that chicken to a boil and cover. Then simmer low three hours or until meat falls from bone. Remove chicken and set aside to cool. Strain and more-or-less defat broth. Throw away the mushy overcooked veggies and garlic - they have already given their all. Debone chicken and put half of it away for chicken salad when you feel better.

Return broth to pot. Add chicken, a handful of rice, and frozen vegetables. Bring to boil, cover and cook over reduced heat 20 minutes or till rice is done.

Put soup in nice cup or bowl and top with toasted garlic bread cut into croutons. Go to your couch or bed and breathe in steam and slurp as you eat. Take a little more for your strength. Now get better!

Stains: Chicken soup
Let mamma take care of it and have another bowl.

Movies for inspiration: Duck Soup (1933)
Ok it not exactly chicken soup, but the Marx brothers will make you laugh and you'll feel much better.
Rufus (Groucho): He may look like an idiot, and talk like an idiot, but don't let that fool you. He really is idiot.

Chicken with Garlic and Garlic and Garlic and... guess..it starts with a G Contributed By Wen Zientek-Sico - RecipeCard.Com

While the incredible amount of garlic in this dish might have you stocking up on breath mints before dinner, this dish actually has a mild pleasing flavor. Even if garlic is not one of your favorite foods, the almost sweet flavor of this dish with its mellow tones of roasted vegetables, garlic, vermouth, and chicken will be sure to please. Of course it does not hurt that the dish is quick and easy to prepare...all you need to do is just throw everything together in a pan and bake it. The best part of this dish...you don't have to peel the garlic!

• 2 cups chopped onion
• 2 cups chopped carrots
• 1 cup chopped celery
• fresh or dried tarragon to taste
• dash salt
• dash pepper
• dash nutmeg
• 3 pound chicken, cut up or 2 1/2 pounds favorite chicken parts
• 3/4 cup dry vermouth
• 5 heads unpeeled garlic
• 1 loaf French bread

Stains: Splatters from throwing the ingredients in the pan : hot water and baking soda to remove vermouth stains.

Movies for inspiration:Dracula (1931)
Count Dracula: This is very old wine. I hope you will like it.
Renfield: Aren't you drinking?
Count Dracula: I never drink wine.